Venture to Offer ID Card for Use at Security Checks.

Americans hate to wait. But will they pay - and submit to security screenings and even high-technology fingerprinting - to avoid the long lines snaking behind checkpoints in airports, office buildings and sports arenas?

If businesses, airports and government agencies sign on to the plan and put Verified’s card readers at security checkpoints, cardholders would be able to zip through, avoiding the most thorough searches.

Mr. Brill, who created CourtTV and The American Lawyer and Brill’s Content magazines, joins a wave of companies hoping to fill a need and make a profit as government agencies and businesses scramble to shore up defenses against terrorism.

The card, he said, could serve as a more palatable alternative to a government-mandated national ID card, which is opposed by privacy advocates and the Bush administration.

Source: The New York Times

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